Las Vegas Vacation - Day 1

This year for our family vacation we decided to stick a little closer to home and go to Las Vegas! We left for our vacation on Saturday, July 11. Day one of our vacation mostly consisted of driving. Unfortunately, a lot of the pictures we took of Day one (all but the condo pics) were on our cell phones, so they are all pretty bad quality. Sorry!

On our way to Las Vegas we stopped in St. George and met Josh's Grandpa for lunch. It had been more than a year since we had seen him last so we were glad we got to stop and see him for a bit!

We arrived in Las Vegas that afternoon and checked into our condo at Club de Soleil. We got a really good deal on the condo, and it ended up being a really nice place to stay.




Not only did we get a good deal on the condo, but we had coupons or certificates for nearly every restaurant we ate at and many of the activities we did, so our vacation was a lot less expensive. So if you are going on vacation, look for coupons!! After we checked into our condo we went out to dinner at the coolest restaurant called Hash House a Go Go. It's kind of one of those places that serves breakfast all day, but it had the coolest atmosphere! Apparently a lot of famous people eat there.

It was cracking me up because the food (including the kids' meals) were served on these gigantic square plates. I just had to take a shot of Parker and Isaac behind their big plates of food (sorry, more bad cell phone pics). That waffle seriously lasted Parker for 4 meals (LOL):

And Josh had to get a pic of me. Those were the best crab cakes I've ever had! YUM!

Josh's salad:

For dessert we all shared a Chocolate Snickers Bread Pudding. OMGosh, it was SO good!

The boys diggin' into dessert:

After dinner it was pretty late, so we headed back to the condo for the night. It was a fun start to our vacation, with tons more fun to come! :)

I had to share one more pic of Bryce. We accidentally left his shoes and foot braces at home. We ended up buying him some crocs to wear while we were there, but he would NOT keep them on. Needless to say, his feet were constantly BLACK from the condo floor (I know, EW!) and just from riding around in his stroller. I snapped this shot of him looking at his black foot that first day. LOL! Those feet sure ended up with lots of baths that week!

4th of July

We had a nice 4th of July this year. We didn't end up making it to the parade this year. We wanted to save spots in front of Josh's massage place in Provo, but people were insane this year and we didn't get them in time. SO, we didn't see the parade, but we did go up and walk around the Freedom Festival. We were excited because they had a Red Cross truck set up at the festival for people to donate blood and we've been wanting to do that. Josh was able to donate, but I wasn't because I had used my asthma inhaler that day! Oh well, maybe next time. Isaac was super excited because he was able to get his picture taken with some Star Wars characters (his latest obsession). Other than that we mainly just walked around and looked at the booths they set up.


After the festival we went home and made our 4th of July dinner! We made some coconut grilled chicken, corn on the cob, watermelon, onion rings, and pretzel Jell-0 salad made to look like a flag. We also had some sparkling lemonade just for fun. :)


After dinner, the kids were SO excited and could not wait for it to get dark enough to do fireworks, so we started them out with some sparklers, pop-its and a Whistling Pete (the really loud ones - my favorite!)


When it started getting a little darker, the neighbors came over and Josh lit some fireworks. We did tons more sparklers and the neighbors gave everyone some glow sticks. It was all a lot of fun. We had a nice night!

Capitol Reef

Last week we went to visit my parents. One of the days we were there, we decided to go to Capitol Reef to have a picnic and hike. Being June, it was a little on the hot side, but we had a lot of fun, and it was a beautiful hike. Sorry for the picture overload!! :)

Bryce had fun running around on the grass while we ate our lunch.

Parker took him on a little walk. :)

Walking down the road with Grandma & Granpa to the trailhead.

Tube-feeding on the trail - you do what you've gotta do!



Parker loves climbing up all the steep spots!

Badminton!

For family night a couple of weeks ago, we decided to play a game of badminton! We had so much fun. We put Bryce in his chair so he could watch, but wouldn't run away while we played. He thought it was hilarious when we hit the birdie back and forth. : ) Isaac and Parker had a blast. They didn't want to stop!